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Reproductive Justice Teaching In Undergraduate Medical Education: An Opportunity To Partner With Communities Beyond Traditional Medicine To Influence Health, Tiwadeye I. Lawal, Miriam R. Singer, Deborah Bartz

Feminist Pedagogy

No abstract provided.

Gene Discovery And Molecular Dissection Of Lignin Biosynthesis In Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium Perenne), A. Lidgett, M. Emmerling, R. Heath, R. Mcinnes, D. Lynch, A. Bartkowski, K. Fulgueras, T. Sawbridge, E. K. Ong, K. F. Smith, A. Mouradov, G. C. Spangenberg

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Lignification of plant cell walls has been identified as a major factor limiting forage digestibility. It limits the amount of digestible energy available to livestock, resulting in an incomplete utilisation of cellulose and hemicellulose by ruminant animals. Modification of the lignin profile of ryegrasses (Lolium spp.) and fescues (Festuca spp.) is undertaken through modulating the expression of genes encoding enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of monolignols.

Comparative Evaluation Of The Antioxidant Activity, Trace Elements, And Phytochemical Analysis Of The Extracts Of Unripe Plantain Whole Fruit And Pulp, Damilare Emmanuel Rotimi, Oluyomi Stephen Adeyemi

Karbala International Journal of Modern Science

Plantains make a substantial contribution to food security and malnutrition eradication, thus making them a staple food in several tropical and subtropical climates. This research determined the mineral contents, antioxidant capacities and phytochemical constituents of plantain whole fruit (pulp and peel) and pulp extracts. To this end, the plantain samples were evaluated for their phytochemicals, mineral element content, and in vitro antioxidant properties. The phytochemical screening showed that the plantain whole fruit and pulp extracts contained phenols, terpenoids, flavonoids, cardiac glycosides, reducing sugars, alkaloids, and steroids. Tannins, on the other hand, were detected only in the plantain whole fruit extract. …

Role Of Microorganisms In Communication Between Soil And Plants, Domenico Prisa

Karbala International Journal of Modern Science

Microbial population in the rhizosphere establishes a number of important interactions with plants, whose study is crucial in perspective of sustainable agricultural production. Studies on various plant crops have revealed that, despite the complex microbial biodiversity of the soil, the bacterial microbiome is characterised by multiple functionalities. A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms, underlying the interactions between plants and the microbiome, could enable better development of plants, related to the beneficial action of microorganisms. Therefore, this review aims to describe the characteristics of the rhizosphere microbiome with the interactions that occur between soil and roots, as well as the …

The Failing Prison Health Care System: Texas Policy Decides That Chewing Is Not A Medical Necessity, Adeline Beattie

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice (ERSJ) Blog

The United States has the highest number of incarcerated people in the world, accounting for roughly 25% of the world's total population. Texas leads the country for total number of incarcerated individuals in a U.S. state, with 133,772 incarcerated individuals as of 2021. The American prison system acts as a magnifying glass, highlighting how egregious the consequences of America’s failing late-stage capitalist institutions can be. Perhaps one of the more glaring examples of America’s institutional failure is the prison healthcare system. Every year that a person spends in prison cuts down their life expectancy by two years. Hundreds of incarcerated …

Clinical Decision Support System For Standardization Of Disease-Specific Education, Paul Nava

Student Scholarly Projects

The evidence-based, contextually relevant, disease-specific health education materials aim to provide strategies for improvement in health literacy, disease management comprehension, and medication adherence. The health education materials address difficulties many adults experience in understanding health information. The health education system must remain a contextually relevant, patient-specific reference for standardizing disease-specific education according to the patient's mental capability (Fereidouni et al., 2019). Nurse-driven education material system addresses equity, diversity, and inclusion, tailored for all literacy degrees.

Clinical decision-making is a complicated process influenced by a highly variable process that exponentially increases error rates, selection, or exclusion, unintended or not, by presenting …

Strengthening The Partnership Between Academic And Student Affairs, Jacqueline Cetera, Adrienne Jensen-Doray, Katherine Furlong

Staff Scholarship

Why is this partnership and collaboration so hard? The idea of bridging the gap between academic and student affairs is not a new concept. Working to bridge the gap can help strengthen partnerships and shared responsibilities that contribute to both a student’s academic success and life outside the classroom. By attending this session, individuals will take away tangible ideas to partner and focus on academic and out of the classroom partnerships. Presenters will share findings and best practices from Bucknell University.

Evaluation Of Birth By Cesarean Delivery And Development Of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer, Yin Cao, Long H Nguyen, Stefani Tica, Ebunoluwa Otegbeye, Xiaoyu Zong, Bjorn Roelstraete, Andrew T Chan, Barbara B Warner, Olof Stephansson, Jonas F Ludvigsson

2020-Current year OA Pubs

IMPORTANCE: The incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC), diagnosed younger than 50 years of age, has increased worldwide. Gut dysbiosis throughout the life course is hypothesized as a leading mechanism, yet epidemiologic data are limited.

OBJECTIVE: To prospectively examine the association between birth by cesarean delivery and early-onset CRC among offspring.

DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: In this population-based, nationwide case-control study in Sweden, adults diagnosed with CRC between 18 and 49 years of age from 1991 to 2017 were identified through the Epidemiology Strengthened by Histopathology Reports in Sweden (ESPRESSO) cohort. Up to 5 general population control individuals without CRC …

Natural Lights & Natural Rights: The Problem Of The New Classical Natural Law Theory, Charles Neville Cacciatore

LSU Master's Theses

The present work examines the natural law jurisprudence of John Finnis. It argues that Finnis’s teaching is a genuinely new natural law theory. Finnis’s jurisprudence is not a re- presentation of the jurisprudence of St. Thomas Aquinas because its central element—a doctrine of natural rights—is a departure from Aquinas’s natural law teaching. In support of these claims, the present work relies upon the scholarship of Ernest L. Fortin, A.A. Following Fr. Fortin, it presents an understanding of the natural law that endorses a clear distinction between natural right and natural rights—between premodern political philosophy and modern political philosophy.

Faculty Senate Minutes, April 3, 2023, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Call to Order - John Ferguson
• Approval of Minutes - March 13, 2023
• University Business
• Faculty Senate Presidency Business
• Information
• Reports
• Old Business
• New Business
• Adjourn: 4:30 pm

Swapping Classrooms For Cow Barns, Nicholas Gosling

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Investigating Interactive Methods In Remote Chestfeeding Support For Lactation Consulting Professionals In Brazil, Jessica De Souza, Cinthia Calsinski, Kristina Chamberlain, Franceli L. Cibrian, Edward Jay Wang

Engineering Faculty Articles and Research

Objective: Lactation consultants (LCs) positively impact chestfeeding rates by providing in-person support to struggling parents. In Brazil, LCs are a scarce resource and in high demand, risking chestfeeding rates across many communities nationwide. The transition to remote consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic made LCs face several challenges to solve chestfeeding problems due to limited technical resources for management, communication, and diagnosis. This study investigates the main technological issues LCs have in remote consultations and what technology features are helpful for chestfeeding problem-solving in remote settings.

Methods: This paper implements qualitative investigation through a contextual study (n = 10) and …

Site-Specific Analysis Of The Incidence Rate Of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli Infection Elucidates An Association With Childhood Stunting, Wasting, And Being Underweight: A Secondary Analysis Of The Mal-Ed Birth Cohort, Md Ahshanul Haque, Sabiha Nasrin, Parag Palit, Rina Das, Barbie Zaman Wahid, Md. Amran Gazi, Mustafa Mahfuz, Abu Syed Golam Faruque, Tahmeed Ahmed

Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Faculty Publications

Asymptomatic infection by fecal enteropathogens is a major contributor to childhood malnutrition. Here, we investigated the incidence rate of asymptomatic infection by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and assessed its association with childhood stunting, wasting, and being underweight among children under 2 years of age. The Malnutrition and Enteric Disease birth cohort study included 1,715 children who were followed from birth to 24 months of age from eight distinct geographic locations including Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Peru, Tanzania, Pakistan, Nepal, and South Africa. The TaqMan array card assay was used to determine the presence of ETEC in the nondiarrheal stool samples collected …

20230403_Join Us In Celebrating National Public Health Week, Gale G. Hannigan Phd

HSLIC Blog Post

No abstract provided.

Role Of Stem Cells In Transport Distraction Osteogenesis For Reconstruction Of Mandibular Defects After Segmental Mandibulectomy, Fatma Alzhraa Yousef, Susan Hassan, Fatma Mohammed, Wael Shawkat

Al-Azhar Journal of Dentistry

Purpose: to restore the continuity and functions of the mandible after segmental mandibulectomy for mandibular defect reconstruction by using a technique of transport distraction osteogenesis with stem cells injection. Subjects and methods: Clinical study was conducted on eight patients suffering from mandibular deficiency after tumor resection. All steps of manufacturing of the transport distractor, tumor resection and segmental mandibulectomy of transport disc were guided by Stereolithographic (STL) model. Stem cells sample was prepared to be injected along the soft callus at the end of the activation period. Patients were followed up postoperative clinically every week and radiographically by Panoramic x-ray …

Evaluation Of Anti-Carcinogenic Effect Of Selenium Nanoparticles On Induced Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Aya Yehia, Amany Taha, Eman Abo Hager

Al-Azhar Journal of Dentistry

Purpose: Current study proposed to estimate the anticarcinogenic influence of Selenium Nanoparticles (SeNps) on induced squamous cell carcinoma utilizing caspase3 as an apoptotic marker. Material and Methods: Thirty hamsters were used, divided into four groups. Group I: 2 hamsters were left untreated, Group II: 8 hamsters received SeNPs orally for 14 weeks at dosage of 0.5 mg/kg on alternative day along the experimental period. Group III: 10 hamsters received Dimethylbenz [a]anthracene (DMBA) (0.5%) painted by brush on the buccal pouch 3 times per week for 8 weeks, then received DMBA with 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) for another 6 weeks twice a week …

Correlation Between Clinical And Radiographic Evaluation Using Custom-Made Newly Developed Software Program As A Guide For Accurate Diagnosis Of Periodontal Diseases, Eman Hassan, Naglaa El-Kilani, Halaa Hazza

Al-Azhar Journal of Dentistry

Purpose: to correlate between clinical and radiographic findings using custom– made newly developed software program that guide clinicians, for accurate diagnosis. This is based on clinical and radiographic data from 3D volumetric rendering of cone beam computed tomography. This has been done based on the new classification of periodontal diseases (of 2018). Materials and methods: A randomized clinical study was performed on hundred and fifty patients with periodontal diseases of both gender with age range (30-60) years old. Periodontal clinical parameters were taken. Radiographic analysis using CBCT and 3D volumetric rendering was done. Results: There is a moderate positive correlation …

Center For Health & Homeland Security Newsletter, Spring 2023

Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Sterile Tubing Changes To Prevent Clabsis In The Nicu, Rachel Janson, Megan Meyer

Nursing Posters

Purpose Statement:

NICU patients have a decreased risk of CLABSI infections when two-person sterile central line changes are implemented into central line maintenance bundles compared to bundles that only use one-person clean line change techniques.

Background:

Neonates admitted to the neonatal care intensive care unit (NICU) often require the placement of central lines for the administration of medications, fluids, parental nutrition, and hemodynamic monitoring. Despite their many advantages, central lines can lead to serious infections, known as cental line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI). These infections are not related to an infection from another site and develop within forty-eight hours of …

Closing Casinos During Covid-19'S First Wave: Comparing Tribal And First Nation Pandemic Responses To State And Provincial Executive Orders, Theodor Gordon, Savannah Supan

Initiative for Native Nation Relations

Our project compared Tribal and First Nation casinos’ responses to the first wave of COVID-19 to their neighboring provincial and state governments. We evaluated whether Tribal and First Nation casinos closed earlier, at the same time as, or after their neighboring provincial and state governments issued orders closing bars and restaurants. We also evaluated whether Tribal and First Nation casinos reopened earlier, at the same time as, or after neighboring provincial and state governments began lifting restrictions on bars and restaurants. We found that in the United States, the median Tribal casino closure date was 1 day before the surrounding …

Exploring The Effects Of School Curriculum On Adolescents With Eating Disorders, Gary Von George

M.S. in Health Care Management

This project explores the relationship between school curriculum and the development of eating disorders among adolescents. It examines the perspectives of eating disorders advocates to shed light on how educational institutions can contribute positively to promoting a healthy body image and preventing the onset of eating disorders through early intervention. By analyzing the available literature and incorporating insights from advocates, this project will compare a New Hampshire school system curriculum and provide recommendations to the school system for implementing education strategies that foster body positivity and mental well-being among their students.

A video recording of this presentation is available here.

Effects Of Full-Fat High-Oleic Soybean Meal In Layer Diets On Nutrient Digestibility And Egg Quality Parameters Of A White Laying Hen Strain, Pramir Maharjan, Amin Rahimi, Kari L. Harding, Thien Chuong Vu, Ramon Malheiros, Edgar O. Oviedo-Rondon, Rouf Mian, Michael Joseph, Lisa Dean, Kenneth E. Anderson, Ondulla Toomer

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

This study was conducted to understand the impact of including full fat high-oleic soybean meal in layer hen diets on nutrient digestibility and added nutritional value in eggs. Forty-eight layers (∼36 wk old) were randomly assigned to one of 4 isonitrogenous (18.5% crude protein) treatment diets with 12 replicate birds per treatment in a 3-wk study. Treatments were 1) solvent extracted defatted soybean meal + corn diet, 2) dry extruded defatted soybean meal + corn, 3) full-fat soybean meal + corn, 4) high-oleic full-fat soybean meal + corn diet. Apparent ileal digestibility of crude fat (CF) and crude protein (CP) …

Spring 2023 Undergraduate Research And Creativity Symposium List Of Abstracts, North Carolina Agricultural And Technical State University

Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry Symposia

List of abstracts for Spring 2023 Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry Symposium

An Empirical Study Of The Impact Of Perceived And Experienced Factors On Purchase Intention For Foreign Natural Cosmetics, Raymond Liu, Leon Zurawicki, Jurui Zhang

Atlantic Marketing Journal

There is a growing attention to the “natural” products in personal care and other areas of fashion consumption. Considering the present inflationary economic environment, the study of American consumers’ attitude toward foreign natural cosmetics and important factors determining the purchasing intent of foreign natural cosmetics imported from Asia (Taiwan in this study) with high quality but low price is timely. Based on literature on Purchase Intention and the Theory of Planned Behavior, we proposed a model and a set of hypotheses to uncover the relationship between purchase intent and the determining factors. Our hypotheses are confirmed following a nationwide survey …

Convergence: Eos News And Updates, April 2023, Unh Institute For The Study Of Earth, Oceans And Space

Convergence: EOS News and Updates

No abstract provided.

Implementing A Health And Nutrition Program In Schools To Promote Healthy Lifestyle Choices, Justine Anderson

Occupational Therapy Doctoral Student Capstone Posters

y program aims to address obesity by educating faculty, children, and parents on proper nutrition and exercise to provide kids with the resources to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Students participated in groups incorporating fun ways to exercise, learning about food groups, creating food crafts with healthy foods, then trying those foods at their leisure. The idea is to expose them to new and/or healthier foods to expand their options for a healthier diet. Resources were also sent home for parents to give them fun activities to do at home that will continue developing their child’s knowledge and expand their palate.

The Junk Food Problem: Why The Law Allows Advertising To Kids And How To Implement Change, Makenna Hardy, Madison Maloney

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

Rapid technological advancements have increased the methods in which advertisers can reach the public, specifically children. As obesity rates increase among America’s youth, more stringent advertising laws barring junk food exposure have been advocated for. Since the Supreme Court has determined commercial free speech as deserving full First Amendment coverage, the rights of advertisers frequently inhibit productive methods of protecting children from junk food advertisements. This article examines the current standards safeguarding both children and advertisers and the feasibility of restricting advertising to kids within the limitations of commercial speech protections.

Horse Rescue Fundraiser, Jennifer D. Fiscus

IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects

For my capstone project, I worked with a non-profit organization in Mountain Home Idaho named Chasing Chances Rescue. This organization gives a loving home to horses when their prior owners can no longer take care of them. Through a short informal survey, I confirmed what I already suspected, very few people in the community are aware of the nonprofit’s presence in the community. Because of this donations are few and far between. This was a wonderful experience because I was able to help raise some funds for an organization that shares my passion for animal care as well as bring …

The Lived Experiences Of Icu, Med-Surg, And Er Nurses In The United States Attempting To Breastfeed During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Amy Seay

Dissertations

Breastfeeding is important to promote the health of both mothers and babies (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2021). Many mothers experience workplace barriers and stress which negatively impact breastfeeding duration (McCardel & Padilla, 2020; Nagel et al., 2022). However, a gap in the literature exists surrounding specific barriers and the impact of stress on U.S. nurses who breastfeed. Specifically, workplace challenges and stress among nurses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic lack exploration.

This interpretive phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of ICU, Med-Surg, and ER nurses who attempted to breastfeed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Roy’s adaptation model was …

Searching For Control Of The Bacillus Subtilis Spore Surface, Charlotte Thomas

Inquiry Journal Spring 2023

Proteins are involved in an endless number of biological processes. However, their utility in engineering and medical purposes is limited by their fragility outside of their native environment. One method that scientists have developed to remedy this is by genetically engineering the bacterial spores of Bacillus subtilis to present the proteins of interest on their surface. In summer 2022, with funding from the Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP) at UNH, I performed research that aimed to improve this technique. Our goal was to further develop a system to control the amount of protein expressed on the surface of the …